Latin, Amara dulcis, Caules dulcamara, Dulcamara flexuosa, Dulcis amara, Solanum dulcamara, S. lignosum, S. scandens, Vitis sylvestris ;
English, Bittersweet nightshade, Fellon woon, Garden nightshade, Night shade, Scarlet berry, Violet bloom, Woody nightshade;
French, Douce-amere ;
German, Bittersuss.
A deciduous, climbing shrub, with a woody, irregularly branced,
creeping, yellowish-green root, smelling like a potato. The stem
from 8 to 10 feet high when supported, woody at the base, pubescent
above, is alternately branched, with lower branches dark,
greenish-yellow ; the younger, purplish. The leaves are
alternate, petiolate and entire ; the lower ones cordate,
the upper, hastate, or with two ear-like lobes at base, pubescent beneath. The purple flowers
appear from May to September in small, lateral, extra axillary,
drooping cymes. The barriers are scarlet, oval and poisonous.
Found in :-
Widley distributed in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America ;
found in mossy banks and disused ground around dwellings, fences
and hedges.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Hahnemann in 1811, R.A.M.L. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 178; X. 511.)
The whole plant before flowering; plants growing where the rootlets run into the water are preferrable.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Dulcamara, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 350 Cc. | = 450
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Strong alcohol | 685 Cc
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
four parts distilled water,
five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with
dispensing alcohol.
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